Hand-cart



-(No Model.)

. J. M. JONES.

. I "HANDOART. No. Z58g 074. a 'Patented- May 16, 1882.

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JOSEPIIM. JONES, or PARIS, KENTUCKY.

" HAND-:IQART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,071, dated May 16,1882.

7 Application filed December 2, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. JONES, of

Paris, in the county of Bourbon and State of Kentucky, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Hand-Carts, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This inventionrelates to hand-carts which have shifting bodies, and isan improvement upon Letters Patent No. 163,078, which were granted to meMay 11,1875; and my invention consists in providing the body or box of'the cart with friction-rollers, which support able grasps or handlesfor moving the body to dilferent positions along the runners.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hand-cart, one of the wheelsbeing removed. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. 3 is a detailedsection taken on theline a: 00 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is also a detailedsection taken on the line y y of Fig. 1.

The axle A of the cart and the wheels B B are of the ordinaryconstruction, and the side bars, 0 0,0t' the frame of the cart areprovided with the runners D D, and are secured upon the axle in the samemanner as shown and described in the patent above referred to, exceptthat the runners are supported in the center by the eyebolts E l], whichare slipped upon the runners and pass through the side bars, and receivethe nuts 0 6 upon their lower ends under the said bars, as shown clearlyin Figs. 1 and 4. These supports prevent the runners from sagging whenthebox or bodyFis heavi- 1y loaded. The box or body F is secured to therunners D D by means of the sleeves or Fig.

clips G Gpwhieh are securely bolted to the side corner-rails, H H, ofthe body 'or box, and through which the runners D D pass. \Vithin thesesleeves or clips are journaled the concaved friction-wheels m, whichbear upon the the rings, books, or eyesjj, in which the hook of thechains or the chains themselves may be hooked or fastened for holdingthe body; and for movingthe body or box along the runners I provide theforward end of the body or box with the handles or hand-grasps k k, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

The standard or support J for supporting the body when not in use isT-shaped, and is hinged between the side bars, (J U, as shown, and issupported or braced at its sides by the side braces b b, and from therear by the hooked brace or rod d, which is hinged to the bottom of thebody or box, and is adapted, when the support is let down for supportingthe cart, to hook into the eye 0 in the lower end of the standard orsupport, as shown in Fig. 1. When the cart is in use for moving a loadthis rod or brace will be placed in the hooks f, secured to the forwardcross-piece of the frame, and the standard or support J. will be swungback and placed in the hookf,

which is secured to the central cross-piece of the frame.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The bod yor box F, provided with the clips orsleeves G,havin g the rollers m, in combination with the runners D onthe side bars of the frame, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. The buffers 'i i, in combination with the run pers D and the slidingbox orbodyF, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

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frame, substantially as and for the 3. The sliding box or bodyF,provided with the chainsh, in combination with the eyes, ring, orhooksj, secured to the side bars, (J, of the purposes set forth.

4. In hand-carts, the runners D 1), supported in the eenterby the boltsor similar device E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In hand-carts,the hinged supportorstandard J, braced at the sides bythe braces 1) b and from the rear by the hooked rod d, the

rod being adapted to be placed in the hook f and the standard to beplaced in the hoolr f, substantially as and tor the purposes set forth.

6. The sliding box or body F,provide(1 with the handles or hand-graspsIt, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JOSEPH MATIHIAS JONES.

Witnesses:

J. B. HALLADAY, WM. LAY'roN.

